Saturday, August 10, 2019

ENTRANCE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT GUARANTEED


The kingdom of God is not visible to a
person who is not born again. Neither can such a person enter the
kingdom of God and have eternal life. Jesus said “Truly, truly, I
say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of
God.” And “unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.  “That which is born of the
flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
John 3:3,5,6.
Even when a person is born again,
entrance to the kingdom of God is not guaranteed. Jesus said: ”Not
everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will
enter. 22“Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did
we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and
in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23“And then I will
declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU
WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’ John 7:21-23.
Many born again people live in sin and
practice unrighteousness. Some of them are preachers, pastors, church
leaders, evangelists who even heal the sick and cast out demons in
the Name of Jesus, but they are some openly, others secretly living
in sin and immorality. They believe they are saved because they are
born again and even perform miracles. They forget that the
unrighteous will not enter the kingdom of heaven. We read in 1
Corinthians 6:9,10. “Or do you not know that the unrighteous
ones will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor
coveters, not drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will
inherit the kingdom of God.” Without holiness no one will
see the Lord.
Many born again children of God will
end up in hell because they did not follow and obey Jesus. They did
not obey Him and live according to His words, His commandments and
teachings, as they are also recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Jesus said: “If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I
do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save
the world.48“He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has
one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the
last day.” John
12:47,48.
Many born again
Christians refuse to obey Jesus. Many refuse to be baptized in water,
as He commanded. Some have received the baptism in the Holy Spirit,
yet they still keep on disobeying Jesus. Those who disobey Jesus and
do not keep following Him until the end, will NOT enter the kingdom
of heaven. ““He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he
who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God
abides on him.” John 3:36.
Are we following Jesus and living in
utter obedience to Him?
May Jesus bless you.

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